The National Weather Service has determined that the deadly tornado that tore through Arabi on Tuesday had maximum sustained winds at 160-miles per hour. N-W-S forecaster Lauren Nash says the twister began its track through the New Orleans area in Gretna…
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The 160-mile per hour winds make it one of the strongest tornadoes to ever hit the New Orleans area.

The tornado caused significant damage to about 150 homes. CEO of the United Way of Southeastern Louisiana Michael Williamson says a recent study indicated as much as 60-percent of the households in the area were already struggling with basic needs…
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You can donate to tornado relief efforts at united-way S-E-L-A-dot-org.

The Board of Regents is eliminating remedial courses at Louisiana colleges instead students who need remediation will be placed in gateway math-English courses. Doctor Tristan Denly says this new approach gives students more time on task and helps them earn actual credits towards graduation, rather than shorter, non-credited, remedial courses…
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The new policy will go into place for math courses in the fall of 2023 and English courses in the fall of 2024 semester.

A bill to force those guilty of vehicular homicide of a parent to pay restitution advances from the House Criminal Justice Committee. Bill author Lafayette Representative Johnathan Goudeau says the offender would make payments to the victim’s minor child until the age of 18 or 21 if enrolled in college.
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The measure heads to the House floor.